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17-03-2016
Mathematics

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A 15 foot flagpole casts an 11 foot shadow. At the exact same time a 28 foot tree casts a shadow. Which proportion would correctly find the length of the tree's shadow?

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Blitztiger Blitztiger

02-07-2018

We have to set up consistent ratios to make the proportion, for example, shadow length divided by actual object height.
For the flagpole: 11/15For the tree: x/28
Equating these gives:
[tex]\frac{11}{15}=\frac{x}{28}[/tex]

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